The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Act Out! [163] - How Corporate Media Protects Racists, Regulating Regulators & Fighting for Freedom After Slavery
This week on Act Out! When a regulatory institution doesn't regulate—but rather rubber stamps dirty energy projects for fossil fuel companies destroying our land, air and water—what tactics should you consider?
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Act Out! [85] - The Land of the Free-ish: Climate Fight & Voting Rights in Our Nation’s Capital
This week, the climate fight in the devil's den clashes with free speech.
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Weeklong Protests in Capital Target Industry's Grip On Policy
There were daily conflicts with police at each entrance to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and over 100 arrests during the course of the week.
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Energy Commission in D.C. Blockaded, 47 Arrested In Multi-State Climate Protests
On Monday, 25 people were arrested at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as seven were taken from a Maryland gas export construction site and 15 at a gas storage facility in New York.
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Price Gouging, Regulatory Capture and Scandal In America's Markets
America’s agonizingly slow recovery from the last recession is unlike any of the 32 previous business cycles of economic expansion and contraction, going back 160 years.
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U.S. Energy Commission Sneaks Permit to Canada's Enbridge for Tar Sands-by-Rail Facility
The announcement came days after the State Department gave Enbridge a controversial permit to transport 350,000 barrels of tar sands per day across the U.S.-Canada border without public hearings or environmental review.
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Investigation: What the JPMorgan Chase Energy Scandal Reveals About Fossil Fuel Financing
JPMorgan Chase's criminal, "systemic cover-up" in its manipulation of energy markets reveals a sea change, as banks have gone from simply financing the dirty energy sector to becoming producers and distributors in those markets.
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How a Community Bill of Rights Is Empowering People Against Corporations
The public interest law firm Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund has coined the term “Community Bill of Rights,” setting standards at the municipal and county levels to privilege environment and health over corporate profit.
